5 indian scientist biography middle school

The following article is a list of Indian scientists spanning from Ancient to Modern India, who have had a major impact in the field of science and technology.

Ancient India (Pre BCE)

• Lagadha, astronomer, author of one of the oldest known treatises on astrology (around late 2nd millennium BCE and early 1st millennium BCE)
• Baudhayana, mathematician, author of oldest surviving texts of Indian mathematics (around 1st millennium BCE)
• Jivaka, physician, widely regarded as a model healer in the Eastern world during ancient times (5th century BCE)
• Sushruta, father of plastic surgery, author of Sushruta Samhita which is one of the most important ancient medical treatise (– BCE)
• Panini, father of linguistics (– BCE)
• Charaka, physician (– BCE)
• Kanada, father of atomic theory (Unclear; – BCE)
• Shalihotra, veterinarian (3rd century BCE)

Classical period ( BCE– CE)

• Pingala, mathematician and linguist (3rd